re: Entergy caught my tree on fire! UPDATE....they did it againPosted by busbeepbeep on 9/1/12 at 2:30 pm to mctiger1985

Happened by my sister's house. Tree was starting to catch on fire. This was Thursday when the trees were still very wet, so it wasn't going up in flames, but it was burning.

Neighbors called the fire department, who showed up and said they couldn't do anything, but the FD called Entergy and said the tree was on fire. Entergy showed up within the hour and trimmed the branches away. Problem solved.

re: Entergy caught my tree on fire! UPDATE....they did it againPosted by VOR on 9/1/12 at 4:14 pm to mctiger1985

quote:They switched power back on. Had a tree limb on wires behind my house. Cool fire ensued, call fire department, then boom, no more fire no more power...probably forever

Edit: well, at 11:00 Saturday morning, they turned power back on with the branch still on the line. Another fire ensued, fire department came, line blew up and broke off FML

Yesterday late afternoon they were powering up in my neighborhood. I'm walking out to my car and "BOOM" . . . transformer blows . . . I look up and see the smoke a block away. Line and tree limbs catch on fire. N.O.F.D. hauls arse to the scene. Entergy contractor bucket truck a block away hauls arse in the opposite direction.